Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:35:00 -0800 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: John Smith <freebsd@addict.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support Message-ID: <458A2B14.5070009@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <000801c723bb$efc2b540$260ba8c0@wii.wintecind.com> References: <000801c723bb$efc2b540$260ba8c0@wii.wintecind.com>
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John Smith wrote: > Support for FreeBSD 4.11 is going to end sometime in late January. > Originally, FreeBSD 6.2 was supposed to be released back in October. This > would have given everyone about 3 months to stress test everything and > migrate all their boxes from 4.11 direct to 6.2. You've had three months to stress test 6.2-BETA1, 6.2-BETA2, 6.2-BETA3, and 6.2-RC1. We release these for a reason, you know. > Now it is near the end of > December, and FreeBSD 6.2 RC2 has yet to be seen anywhere. Chances are that > FreeBSD 6.2 Release will come out earliest mid-January. This does not give > much time for people to migrate to the newest FreeBSD release. I think it > would be fair if support is extended for a few more months especially since > 6.2 is so late in coming. Your opinion has been noted. Colin Percival
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